The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees - Health Benefits for Retired State Employees: Recommendations [Video]

View on YouTube . To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Health Benefits for Retired State Employees: Recommendations March 16, 2015
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The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees - Health Benefits for Retired State Employees: Background [Video]

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The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - If security and privacy protections need to be upgraded or added on later, who will p ay for these improvements? Is There Sufficient Oversight of This Project? What policies and governance models are needed to ensure that the transition to Next Generation 911  is  successful?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - LAO Comments and Recommendations Use Spring Budget Hearings to Prepare for Expected Updates on Contract at May Revision. The Legislature may receive important updates regarding the status of the work stemming from the BCG contract at the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2026-2027 Budget: California Cannabis Control Appeals Panel Permanent Funding Request

Feb 11, 2026 - We further recommend that the Legislature direct CCAP to provide an updated workload justification for each CCAP position. This would provide information on the amount of staff time and other resources each case requires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - (The project added California State University as a mega processing department for this analysis because, although they are not a civil service state department, their payroll is processed by the current USPS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - Based on Updated Estimates, Fund Would Remain Solvent Through 2025-26. Updated materials provided by the department in March  2025 indicate that DRE is expecting to spend less than originally projected on state operations by about $5  million in 2024-25 and about $3  million in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

The 2018-19 Budget: Census Outreach

Mar 8, 2018 - Department of Justice requested that a question on citizenship be added to the census. No decision on this issue has been announced. The final census form is due to Congress at the end of March  2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3780

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - After the shift, there is $2.9  billion in ARP fiscal relief funds (as  compared to $4.3  billion in the 2021 spending plan) allocated in 2021 ‑22 for broadband infrastructure. $550   Million General Fund Added Across 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25 for Increased Middle ‑Mile Network Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747